I wonder if this election is the last howl of the bigoted knuckle draggers before they go extinct in America. I can only hope.
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I wonder if this election is the last howl of the bigoted knuckle draggers before they go extinct in America.
“Bigoted knuckle draggers”? Dude, they’re called Fox News Republicans.
sigh. The fewer there are, the more instantaneous media attention (web and MSM) these days, seems to me. If only media stopped turning over those rocks…
Oh hell no. They’re not going anywhere. BUT they are going to spend the next 8 years grinding their teeth in impotent frustration. That will be fun to watch.
I don’t get it. It’s just a monkey. It looks like one of those cute sock monkeys. How is that racist? Because some monkeys come from Africa? I never heard “monkey” being used as a racist term. I’ve never heard the expression. I’m an expert at pop culture, so I can say you’re way off base. Stop looking for racism in every little thing.
Thanks for trying, midderpidge, but somehow I doubt your preemptive strike will prevent the real trolls from crapping on this thread…
Vote Obama ‘08 – Because Politics IS Beanbag.
@midderpidge
“I never heard “monkey” being used as a racist term.”
Then you live in a cave and are no expert on pop-culture.
Midderpidge, I don’t know how a pop culture expert would not know this. The oldest culture stereotype regarding African-Americans is the monkey image. I teach film, and the early films often have comparisons between apes/monkeys and African-Americans. It implies they are stupid, simplistic, and preoccupied with base situations. Go into any antique store, and you will see monkey images associated with African-Americans.
It is an attempt to lessen Obama and make fun of him.
Uh, Midderpidge you are either a craven liar of a full blown idiot. Likely both.
Richard, Aaron, Bakum; hi, I presume you’re new here.
Midderpidge thinks none of these things. He was satirizing another regular commenter who does.
midderpidge: I’m an expert at pop culture
Thanks, midder. Nothing like having a good laugh to brighten my day.
“Midderpidge thinks none of these things. He was satirizing another regular commenter who does.”
Obviously I am new. My apologies to midderpidge. I will return often and can hardly wait to read the posts of the satirized commenter.
I do live in a cave. Just like Albi
In the Marmalade Forest (forest)
Between the make-believe trees
In a cottage cheese cottage ?
lives Albi (Albi)
Albi (Albi)
Albi the racist dragon
Part 6: and so, all of the villagers chased Albi the racist dragon into a very cold and very scary cave. And it was so cold, and so scary in there, that Albi began to cry dragon tears. Which as we all know turn into jellybeans!
Anyway, at that moment he felt a tiny little hand rest upon his tail, and he turned around, and who should that little hand belong to but the badly burnt Albanian boy from the day before.
Albi: What are you doing here, I thought I killed you yesterday! (grumbled Albi quite racistly)
Boy: No Albi, you didn�t kill me with your dragon flames. I crawled to safety! But you did leave me very badly disfigured.
(laughed the boy)
Why are you crying so?
Albi: I�m crying because all of those horrible villagers chased me into this scary cave! I think it�s because I�m so racist. Get your hand off my tail, you�ll make it dirty.
Boy: No Albi, it�s not because of your racism that they chased you here. They chased me here too and I became all disfigured like this. They just don�t like you and I�because�well because we�re different to them.
And that made Albi cry a single tear, which turned into a jellybean all colors of the rainbow!
And suddenly, he wasn�t racist anymore.
So they sat in the cave (the cave!)
And ate bubblegum pie
YUM!
Albi
The racist….
Well, not anymore!
Dragon
(Flight of the Conchords)
You don’t have to wait, Richard. Wade through the muck of comments w/r/t “Baby Mama,” and you’ll get a taste.
WOW! I can’t believe that someone would actually make a monkey Obama doll or should I say TheSockObama. Many, me included, think that this is completely inappropriate and racist. The first and most obvious offense is that the doll is a black monkey, how could Obama not be offended by being compared to a black animal? Secondly the name in and of it itself could be considered offensive. Although, the makers of this doll would presumably defend the name saying that it simply describes the type of doll that it is, a sock puppet/doll. However, the name also seems to be a little bit anti Obama. Generally people, sock/punch someone that they do not like, support, approve of or are generally against. There are pictures of President Bush online making various facial expressions and comparing him to a monkey, but there is no monkey doll for Bush. I am not saying it was right to compare Bush to a monkey, but at least no doll exists. However, there is an Elite Force Aviator: George W. Bush doll. So why is it that our white president gets to be portrayed as a heroic man who will fight for his country while a black presidential candidate gets to be portrayed as a monkey? It is ironic too that this is how Bush is portrayed considering his questionable military service in the past, but that’s a whole other blog.
The makers of TheSockObama said that their intent was not to create a product that would offend, but a product that could be cuddly, allow children to get involved in the political process and be a contribution to presidential election memorabilia. I think that these three objectives are ridiculous. I think that they are just in this to make money and someone involved in the conception and manufacturing of this monkey doll probably did want to cause an uproar. If the creators are being truthful and meant no harm then I think it is sad that not one of the creators was intelligent enough to realize that this doll could be seen as offensive and was probably not appropriate to create. How does something like this get past the brainstorm stage? This product may be cuddly and it could very well become infamous presidential election memorabilia. However, the idea that a monkey sock doll made to vaguely and degradingly represent a presidential candidate could get children involved in the political process is absolutely ridiculous. Children do not get involved in politics and if for some reason a sock puppet would do the trick then they are probably getting all the wrong ideas and “involved” in all the wrong ways, HELLO perpetuation of racial stereotypes. In general, I think that this doll is offensive and that the creators should stop selling and definitely stop profiting off of this doll. If they really wanted to make amends and prove they have nothing against Obama then I think they should take all of the money they made and donate it to his campaign.
I have attached links about the Obama doll, the Bush doll, TheSockObama’s creators comments and Bush being compared to a monkey.
http://www.plunderbund.com/2008/06/11/racist-obama-doll/
http://www.plunderbund.com/2008/06/12/obama-monkey-doll-seller-our-intention-is-not-to-offend/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3184709.stm
http://www.jcnot4me.com/images/Bush-monkey.gif
While the doll makers intention almost certainly was to disparage Obama, in one sense it backfires, because being depicted as a monkey certainly puts Obama in very good company. Check out this 1863 cartoon of Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, attributed to David Strother:
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/monkey.html
It might be worth putting up with racist jokes by right-wing nitwits if the Obama campaign can use it as “teaching moment” to remind people that another Illinois legislator with very limited national experience turned out to be a pretty good President, and a better Commander in Chief than the career military man (General McClellan), whom he defeated in the 1864 election.
Where is your outrage at the Hillary Nutcracker? If you didn’t complain about that, don’t complain about an Obama Monkey Doll.
Funny I have never heard the same outrage about “BushChimpHitler” and the like from all the leftists…the double standard is quite apparent except to you on the left who are willfully blind. What hypocrites!
this is so lame. Look at the all black comedy channel, now I am not racist but I think blacks are funny, but if there was an all white comedy channel there would be a huge outcry from the black community. why can’t we all be Americans instead of being so quick to anger. There is definately a double standard that needs to go away it is rediculous
You got to be kidding. I was born and raised in the South and it is definately racist.
Montgomery alabama is called “Monkey town” by redneck racists and they coined the phrase “Alabama Porch monkey”. Those are the ones I can remember and I’m sure there are more.
Pure racism by ignorant rednecks. Where the hell do you think the “Dixie crats came from. We know where the went. They went to the republican party. The only thing I can’t figure out is a black republican. I guess it is they are color blind to any color but green.
Bruce, a white, 62 years southern boy who is progressive